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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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